The Lago d'Agnano

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The Lago d'Agnano
The Lago d'Agnano
The Lago d'Agnano
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
The Lago d'Agnano
Date
c.1752 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk on grey paper
Dimensions
Metric: 256 x 399 mm
Imperial: 10 1/16 x 15 3/8 in.
Accession Number
WA1967.18
Wilson Online Reference
D177
Description
The view is to the south, with the lake centred in the middle distance. Vesuvius is distantly indicated beyond wooded hills at the extreme left and further hills rise to the right.
Provenance
William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Captain Richard Ford; T.E. Lowinsky; Sotheby's 8 February 1956 (66); Colnaghi; bt Brinsley Ford; presented by him to the Italian Art and Archives Reserve Fund; presented by the National Art Collections Fund, 1967
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; inscribed verso (see Verso inscriptions)
Collectors' marks
[1] Recto, lower left corner: 'TEL' in circle: Thomas Lowinsky (Lugt 2420a)
Verso inscriptions
Inscriptions by Lowinsky and Ford relating to provenance
Related Paintings
P47 View of Lago d'Agnano, the Bay of Naples and Vesuvius in the Distance Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
P47A Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the Distance, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Previous Cat/Ref Nos
1892
Bibliography
Herrmann 1973, p. 56; Brown 1982, pp. 661-62, no. 1892, pl. 543